Manifolding-book.



E. Z. LEWIS.

MANIFOLDING BOOK.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 25. 1912.

Patented Oct. 12, 1915.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

V R R C m R P E R G N U n B REPRI R5 MHPE WHEEL HND HXLE STHTEMENT fizz/e7 J: ZTCZJZZZI J COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH co.,\vAsHn mToN, n. c.

E. Z. LEWIS.

MANIFOLDING BOOK.

' APPLICATION FILED 00125. 1912.

1 ,156,41 1. Patented 001;. 12, 1915.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

REPRIR CHRD m-- nnum REPRIRS MADE I WHY MADE JZUGZZLUI g y dwarcZZ-Zcwzis COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH CO.,\'VASHINGTON. D. c.

nNir srans nice.

nnwannzuvnn LEWIS; or CHICAGO, ILLINoIs, ASSIGNOR 'ro THE GENERAL N FOLD AND PRINTING COMPANY, OF'FRANKLIN, PENNSYLVANIA, A ooRPonATIoN on PENNSYLVANIA.

MnNInoLnINwBooK.

Application .filed was as, 1 912. Serial No. 727,656.

To allswhomrit mayconccm: r

Be it known that I, EDW RD Znvnn Lewis, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, vhave invented certain new and useful linprovementsin hbnifolding-Books; and I do hereby declare that the following is a. full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form apart of this specification. I I 3 'This invention relates to .manitolding book or pad and consistsoftl1eniattersliere.- inai'ter described and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims. a

The invention as shown herein is particularly adapted for use by railroadsland a is specifically illustrated as applied to a a a to the sheet or sheets of the next subjacent book or pad for billing acoountsof car repairs and the like and for making records of the same. ,r

Itcomprises a Inanifolding book containing a plurality of sheetsarrangedinsets of four, each constructed in such nanner that live writings may be produced by two WIlting operations, without danger oftransferring any ofithe writingpn onesetlof four set of fours.

It will be understood {or course that the r particular forms of bills and recordsshown in the drawingssimply represent one example of the use to whiohniy invention may be put and that improved nianifolding book may be used 01;0l)l181 matters Where the requirements are K116531118. I I

In the repairing of railroad ears there are the repairstothe carlbody itself-which are referred to generally as repairs and are noted on a repair card attached to the car and ona repair cardbill whicliisqsent to the road owning the car repaired, and there are repairs .or renewals oi the car wheels and axles which are noted .on asec:

ondbilling sheet called a wheel andiaxle statement that islikewisesent to: therailroad owningthe car. Copies ofboth the repair card and of the wheel and axle statement are also required toibe made asa recordfor the railroad that makes the repairs;

I The advantages of IllY lIlVGIlillOIl l1e essen tially in the savingoftime due to its'use' and in the simplicity of its manipulation,

.Specifica'tionof Letters Patent.

Pat-ten ted @013. 12, 1915.

verse section through the book Figs. 3 and 4% are plan views showing respectively the face and back of a billing sheet, on the face ofwhich ,(Fig. 3) is printeda repair-card bill-form and on the back of which is printed a wheel and axle statement-form. 1 Fig. ,5 is ,a view showing in plan-a sheet on" which is printed a repair card record-,.form. A ,F ig;

{31s a .viewlshowing in plan a sheet on which is .printeda duplicateof the wheel and axle statement-form and is .adapted to receive a,

copy of the matter written thereon. ,Eig. 7 s ows t front rfee f he repa eard which is printed .witha form identical avith the repaircard record-form. r

Referring now toQthat embodiment oi't' :my invention illustrated in the drawings, 10 indicates the bookas a wholehaving-suit ablebacks orcovers 11,:ll, madeof heavy card-board and boundtogether. at one end so as to open lengthwise. 12 indicates ,generally a plurality of sheetsand cardsbound between said card-boardbacks and arranged in a manner now to fourtoeach set. i a i1 3indicates a billing. sheet having printed on its ,face (Fig. 3) a iforin l that is a duplicate of that appearing on the repair card,,and on its back (Fig. 4) a wheeluand axle statement form 15. This isthe sheet that is sent, inwthe case illustrated, tothe railroad company owningathe carv onwhich the repairs are made, the face being adapted to, receive the list of repairs made and re marksor other information relating there to and tliebackbeing designed to receive a like notation with regard to the wheels and axles of the car.

i 16 indicatesasheet which has printed on itsface a form thatis a duplicate of that appearingson therepair cardrand which constitutes a record of the repair card to be retained by the railroad company makingthe repairs. Said sheet is provided on its back with acoating oftrans fer material 18 (see Fig.

be described in sets 0f 19 indicates a sheet on thefface of which is printed a duplicate 20 of the form printed on the wheel and axle statement and which constitutes acopy or record of the wheel and axle statement toibe retained by therailroad company making the 'repairs.;Said sheet is provided on its back with a coating of transfer material 21 (see Fig. 1). A

22 indicates repair card (Fig. 7) made of heavy paper or card-board, on one face of which-is printed a form 23, adapted for noting the car repairsand remarks relating thereto. 7 This form as above stated, is identical with the form 14L onthe'billing sheet 13 and with the form '17 onthe repair card record sheet 16.

The several sheetsreferred to are bound in the book in the following order z First, the

repair card record sheet 16 with its printed form 17 on top and with its back,having the transfer material 18, below; second, the billing sheet 13 with its face bearing the form 14 on top. and with its back, bearing the wheel .and'axle statement-form 15, below; next, the sheet 19' with its face bearing the wheel and axle record-form.20 on topand j its back, provided with the transfer material 21,'below; and lastly, the repair card 22.

Eachof the several sheets mentioned, except the repair cardrecord sheet 16 is provided I near the end that is bound in the book, with linesof perforations or other lines of weakening, so that it may be readily detached from the book,19 indicating the line of perforations for the sheet 19; 22? that for the card, and 13 that for the billing sheet.

' A plurality. of sets of four arranged in the order'described are bound in the'book 10.

My improved manifolding book is used as follows: The top sheet of each'set being the repair card record sheet 16, a list of the repairs made on the car and other remarks relating thereto arewritten thereon. As the billing sheet 13 lies next below this repair card record sheet with its face bearing the form 14: in'immediate contact with the transfer material on the back of'said repair card record sheet, the matter thus written is reproduced upon the face of said billing sheet.

.In addition, by reason of the transfer ma-' terial 210n the back of the sheet. 19, the .matter written *on the repair card record' sheet is also reproduced on the repair card itself. The latter being a heavy piece of card-boardprevents further transfer of the matter written to the other sheets in the book. We have thus produced in the one vwriting'the bill to be sent to the owner of the car, the card to be attached to the car itself serted beneath the sheet 19in contact with the transfer material 21 on the back thereof.

The statement with reference to the wheels andaxles is then written on the face of the sheet 19 and as written is reproduced by the said transfer material on the wheel and axle statement form on the billing sheet 13, the card again preventing the transfer of the -matter thus written to succeeding sets of forms in the book. This billing sheet 13 is then sent to the railroad owning the car,

which then has in its possession both the record of the repairs and also the wheel and axle statement. 7 of these are retained in the book while'the repair card itself is torn from the book'and placed upon the car. This finishes the matter.

The convenience and the rapidity with which the five writings described and required may be made are apparent as well as the resultant time saved and therefore Duplicate records of both money paid in wages due to its use. In case there are no renewals or repairs to the wheels or axles of the car, a statement in this con nectlon is not required and the record or copy sheet 19 intended to have this statement writ- I ten upon it is torn from the book and the wheel and axle statement form 15 on the back of sheet 13 is left blank.

The faces of the sheets that are intended I to be left in the book as records, namely, the repair card record sheet 16 and the wheel and axle statement record sheet 19- are preferably colored or printed in different tones" orwith different colors as indicated inorder that they'may be readily picked out and dis-" tinguished'one from the'other when one is looking through the book to find or examine old records. F or the same reason the transfer materials on the backs of said sheets are likewise colored differently so as to make the distinction between the two record sheets as definite and easily noticed as possible. I claim as my invention 1. A manifolding book comprising a plurality of sets of sheets bound in book or pad form, each set comprising four sheets; the

first three sheets of the set being of compara tively light material and the fourth sheet of the set being of heavier material; the first,

second and fourth sheetsof'each set being provided with corresponding indicia on their front faces;-the first and third sheets of'each set being provided on their back faces with transfer material; the third sheet being provided on' its face with. indi'cia difierent from: 7

that of the first, secondand fourth sheets; and the second sheet being'provided on its back with indicia'similar to that on the face of the third sheet, but said indicia being in reversed order.

2. A. manifolding book comprising a plu- 'rality of sets of sheets bound in book or pad form, each set comprising four sheets; the

first three sheets of the set being of comparatively light material and the fourth sheet of the set being of heavier material; the first, second and fourth sheets of each set being provided With corresponding indicia on their front faces; the first and third sheets of each set being provided on their back faces With transfer material; the third sheet being provided on its face With indicia different from that of the first, second and fourth sheets the second sheet being provided on its back with indicia similar to that on the face of the third sheet, but said indlcia being in re- Oopies of this patent may be obtained for fivecents-each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

versed order; and all of said sheets except the first being provided near their bound 1 5 ends with lines of weakening by means of Which they may be detached from the book or pad.

In testimony, that I, claim the foregoing as my invention I afiix my signature in the 20 Washington, D. G." 

